Rocks Get Solid Workout versus USA Select.

More than 600 Rocks fans turned out to see Thorsten Leibenath’s new look squad take on the US Select team of Americans in a controlled practice game at Kelvin Hall.

In an exciting end-to-end contest the Americans took home the 80-78 victory on a controversial basket in the final seconds. However, Rocks fans have much to be upbeat about as there were impressive performances from several players.

The Rocks were led by Maurice Hampton and Moritz Wohlers each with 17 points. Rob Yanders added 15 and Gareth Murray chipped in 9. New signing Sterling Davis also fit in well and was an impressive force with 11 points before fouling out at the close of the 3rd quarter. Hugo Sterk was very active and youngsters Daniel Donnelly and Andy Pearson saw their first court time in a Rocks vest.